sardoman
12-05-2007, 12:33 AM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7115692.stm
I was reading the above article today which details the Programme for International Student Assessment's international league table of secondary school standards. I note that Italy comes in position 33 for reading and 38 maths. " The OECD report showed that the worst-performing high school students were in Italy's poorer southern regions, where 40% of students were below an adequate level." http://www.lifeinitaly.com/news/news-detailed.asp?newsid=7638
Interestingly the US doesn't feature in the report, yet Canada does and is in the top ten in both categories.
I was reading the above article today which details the Programme for International Student Assessment's international league table of secondary school standards. I note that Italy comes in position 33 for reading and 38 maths. " The OECD report showed that the worst-performing high school students were in Italy's poorer southern regions, where 40% of students were below an adequate level." http://www.lifeinitaly.com/news/news-detailed.asp?newsid=7638
Interestingly the US doesn't feature in the report, yet Canada does and is in the top ten in both categories.